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Downsizing Prisons
How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration
After overseeing the largest city jail system in the US, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. Here, he argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety.
ISBN-13: 9780814742747 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Michael Jacobson
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Local release date: 02/03/2005
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Categories: Prisons [JKVP1]USA [1KBB]

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At Work in the Iron Cage
The Prison as Gendered Organization
In this first comparative analysis of men's and women's prisons, Dana Britton identifies the factors that influence the genderization of the American workplace, a process that often leaves women in lower-paying jobs with less prestige and responsibility.
ISBN-13: 9780814798836 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Dana M. Britton
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Local release date: 30/07/2003
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Categories: Gender studies, gender groups [JFSJ]Prisons [JKVP1]Office & workplace [KJW]USA [1KBB]

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At Work in the Iron Cage
The Prison as Gendered Organization
In this first comparative analysis of men's and women's prisons, Dana Britton identifies the factors that influence the genderization of the American workplace, a process that often leaves women in lower-paying jobs with less prestige and responsibility.
ISBN-13: 9780814798843 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Dana M. Britton
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Local release date: 30/07/2003
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Categories: Gender studies, gender groups [JFSJ]Prisons [JKVP1]Office & workplace [KJW]USA [1KBB]

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Condemned
Inside the Sing Sing Death House
In the annals of American criminal justice, two prisons stand out as icons of institutionalized brutality and deprivation: Alcatraz and Sing Sing. This book takes us on a disturbing and poignant tour of Sing Sing's legendary death house, and introduces us to those whose lives Sing Sing claimed.
ISBN-13: 9780814716168 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Scott Christianson
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Local release date: 30/11/2001
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Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL]20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]Prisons [JKVP1]USA [1KBB]

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Benevolent Repression
Social Control and the American Reformatory-Prison Movement
The opening, in 1876, of the Elmira Reformatory marked the birth of the American adult reformatory movement and the introduction of a new approach to crime and the treatment of criminals. Hailed as a reform panacea and the humane solution to America's ongoing crisis of crime and social disorder, Elmira sparked an ideological revolution. ......
ISBN-13: 9780814766385 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Alexander W. Pisciotta
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Local release date: 31/07/1996
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Categories: Prisons [JKVP1]

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Benevolent Repression
Social Control and the American Reformatory-Prison Movement
Pisciotta draws upon previously unexamined sources from over six states to explode the myth that Elmira and similar institutions represented a significant advance in criminal reform. Seven inmate case histories suggest that the March of Progress was no more than a reversion to the ways of old.
ISBN-13: 9780814766231 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Alexander W. Pisciotta
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AUD $193.00
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Local release date: 30/06/1994
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Categories: Prisons [JKVP1]